Ahmed Kouchouk has been sworn in as the Minister of Finance in the new cabinet led by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, succeeding Mohamed Maait. Prior to this appointment, Kouchouk held the position of Deputy Minister of Finance for Fiscal Policies.
Kouchouk’s educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with honors from the American University in Cairo (1998). He also earned a Master’s degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (2010) and another Master’s degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Yorkshire (2002).
His professional experience spans various roles:
– From June 2013 to the present, Kouchouk served as an Economic Expert at the World Bank in Cairo.
– Between May 2011 and 2013, he worked as Deputy Assistant Minister of Finance for the Deauville Partnership, a G8 initiative established in France to assist Arab countries.
– From September 2010 to May 2013, he directed the Macroeconomic Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance.
– Earlier, from August 2010 to February 2011, he was Deputy Chairperson of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the International Monetary Fund.
– Between 2004 and 2008, Kouchouk held the position of Executive Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance.
– He also worked as an Economic Advisor to the unit from 2004 to 2007.
– In 2007-2008, Kouchouk served as an Assistant Lecturer at the American University in Cairo.
– His earlier roles include working as an Economist at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (2002-2004) and as an Economic Researcher at the Ministry of Economy (1999-2001).
In 2015, Kouchouk was elected to lead the Technical Support Department at the World Bank’s Cairo office, where he managed a team of economists and researchers within the Macroeconomic Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance.
Kouchouk has conducted numerous studies in microeconomics and growth diagnostics.
